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Administrative Areas

Ward
Longden
Local Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
Shrewsbury and Atcham
Region
West Midlands
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
119
Population
259
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
70
England❚SY5 8NG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
29
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
14

Age Groups

Population
259
Under 16
12%
16 - 64
58%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
7%
16 - 29
13%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
27%
75 or over
10%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
227
Single
54
Married
134
Separated
7
Divorced
13
Widowed
19

Health

Population
259
Very good
100
Good
96
Fair
48
Bad
12
Very bad
13

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
227
England❚SY5 8NG❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
27
Apprenticeship
74
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
34

Ethnicity

Population
259
White British
250
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
259
England
218
Scotland
5
Wales
23
Ireland
1
Poland
5
South Africa
2
Middle East
1
Carribean
1

Religion

Population
259
Christian
170
Buddhist
1
Other
1
No religion
65
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
122
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
9
Water supply and waste management
2
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
2
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
2
Real estate
4
Professional, scientific and technical
7
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
15
Education
10
Human health and social work
22

Economic Activity

Population
200
England❚SY5 8NG❚
Full-Time employee
66
Part-Time employee
28
Self employed
27
Unemployed
10
Retired
55
Looking after home/family
6
Long-term sick/disabled
7
Student
1
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - never worked
2
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
65
Owned with mortgage
26
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
6
Rented - other social
14
Rented - private landlord
5
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
123
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
4
Detached
84
Semi detached
16
Terraced
22
Flat - purpose built
1

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
34
Two people
54
Three people
14
Four people
12
Five people
3
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

SY5 8LG SY5 8LF SY5 8LJ SY5 8LH SY5 8RA SY5 8LL SY5 8LN SY5 8RH SY5 8LW SY5 8RF

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019